The day after...

Cross hangover off the to-do list. I throw back a couple of Tylenol, hit the coffee, and start this blog. I cooked my first meal of the trip, Geng Gari Gai(Yellow Curry w/ chicken) with rice. It turned of really good. Something was missing, which I will try to determine, but overall I would say 8/10. I was pretty pleased. There was enough for 2 dishes, so I ate one for lunch and put the other one into the cooler for later. Overall, I am adjusting to the climate really well. Much quicker that I had expected. I know where to be and at what time of day to keep the coolest. My heat rash also under control. Now it’s just trying to stop anything new from flaring up, and trying not to itch what is there and starting to go away. Scratching it is the worst thing you can do. It wakes it up, and is almost like it never left at all. I finally uploaded some of this blog, so hopefully it is entertaining to some of you. I will wait to upload pics, as the internet connection is good and stable, but not as fast as back home obviously. I loaned my landlords a USB stick with some movies. I had mentioned that I had a “few” with me. I will use this a test run to see what the interest is like. It will be a good gauge for later on in Laos. At about 5pm, I hear someone calling to me from down my path. It’s a guy from Boston named Paul, and he’s taking a look at the vacant house to possibly book it for next year. I invite him in too look around at mine, as it actually has someone living in it. He’s pretty impressed. I offer him a beer and we have about a 2hr chat. Nice guy, and my first real interaction with a stranger… ha-ha! I have the last of my lunch for dinner and have a few more beer before showering up and trying to what “Rocknrolla”, Guy Ritchie’s newest movie. I made it about 45min before passing out… killing my batter for the following morning. I have generated power from 11a-2p, and then again 6p-10:30p, so it a real juggling routine to use something, then recharge to used on battery, then recharge again at night so you have power for later at night and the next day. I have almost got it down, and it’s nice to actually get some in the day. Mainly, you don’t see many places with daytime power. I think that because the big house has a freezer etc, they have to run power for 3hrs, 2 times a day to keep everything frozen and to give them comforts of home, as it is a proper house they live in.